Learning Analytics Research

Learning Analytics Publications
We are studying the role of productive talk in synchronous, technologically mediated math learning environments. This project includes a partnership with Drexel University and Rutgers University.

Virtual Organizations

Virtual organizations as sociotechnical systems is one of my current NSF funded research projects.

I am examining how organizational structure and performance are related in software engineering, education and disaster response.

Group Informatics

Group informatics examines how technologically mediated groups form, develop identity, use information, create knowledge and evolve structurally. Applying the time dimension to the analysis of small groups is a recognized strategy for understanding their development.

CSCL at Work

Research in the field of Organizational Learning emerged in 1978, and gained further attention in the 1990’s when challenges centered on the creation of organizational cultures to support existing knowledge sharing. In contemporary firms, shepherding the creation of new knowledge is of equal importance, and is driven by two primary research questions.

Leadership Detection

I am working with the US Navy, Carnegie Melon University, Penn State, Ohio State and Aptima on the development of leadership detection algorithms using electronic trace data.

The University of Missouri’s Group Informatics Lab is Seeking up to 2 Ph.D Student Applicants for the Fall of 2016 Focused on Complex Adaptive Systems Research in Open Online Communities (GitHub, Wikipedia) and Online Health Support Forums.

The University of Missouri’s MULE Games Studio is Seeking 2 Ph.D Student Applicants for the Fall of 2016 in the areas of Learning Analytics and Games for Learning.